Historian Reacts - SABATON - The Red Baron (Animated Story Video) 

The reason the planes were so wildly colored is to tell who was who in the air. And to also frighten the enemy that they were fighting Jasta 11 or one of their nickname the Flying circus. Most did not have parachutes it was considered cowardly to have a parachute at the time. yes, he is credited with a confirmed 80 kills, his actual kills might be much more because you need visual confirmation by someone else to have it confirmed, one of the reasons he had is a plane painted red to be easily seen and noticed. And he was originally a calvery soldier and transitioned to being a pilot.

Oswald Boelke LITERALLY wrote the book on aerial combat. 8 essentials for surviving air combat, largely unchanged since they were written and still important to one degree or another in modern air conflict. most US fighter training manuals are based upon these principals. 1) try to secure advantages before attacking. if possible, keep the sun behind you. 2) always carry through an attack when you have started. 3) fire only at close range when you have your opponent squarely in your sights. 4) always keep your eye on your opponent and dont allow yourself to be deceived by ruses. 5) in any attack, it is essential to assail your enemy from behind. 6) if your opponent dives on you, do not try to flee but turn to meet him. 7) when behind enemy lines, be mindful of your path for retreat. 8) for the Staffel (squadron), always attack in groups of 4 or 6. when the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do no go for the same opponent.

One thing I love about this particular part of WW1 is that the pilots here were effectively medieval knights. Keep in mind, in reality things were not at all as bloody as is being modernly portrayed. The red baron scoring 4 victories in 1 day was absolutely insane. In reality these guys would get get up, fight, and mostly return back home at the end of the day. Due to their expressive color patterns both sides were well aware of their enemies and would discuss tactics against the weaknesses of specific enemy pilots. The battle in the sky was comparatively to the ground a small one but due to the nature of it all pilots "knew" each other almost as well as their family despite having never met. It is truly the last "chivalric" era in history.

Pilots were seen as "popstars" back then and for a good reason. The bravery to get into these things and fighting in the air at that time specially was huge.

As some others mentioned, Manfred von Richthofen was a cavalry soldier from Prussia before being a pilot, and yes one of the first lines "The flying circus and a man from Prussia" is the reference to the brightly colored planed the Jasta 11 flew and Richthofen himself.. They painted them brightly so they would be able to identify each other easily, and a side effect was as their reputation became legendary especially during bloody April, the allied pilots knew exactly who they were up against. It dropped morale of their enemies. That month as the video stated the Jasta 11 downed 89 aircraft, The Red Baron taking 22 of them himself, and on his most famous day of it, 4 planes downed by him alone. They also don't mention his brother was also a notorious Ace, Lothar von Richthofen downed 40 enemies. His cousin was also a pilot, They were all legendary at the time, however, at the end of it all, Manfred had been the most lethal. The most feared. The most respected of them. Which is too bad, they really were all respectable fighters, they all embraced the same doctrines of aerial combat.

He Was born in Wrocław (Breslau) nowadays in Poland. I live next street. He was also cousin to Wolfram von Richthofen, Generalfeldmarschall of Luftwaffe in WW2 whom airplanes fighted during invasion of Poland, battle of England, siege of Stalingrad and many more.

I believe when they were retrieving his body the Australian's words were something along the lines of "Be careful, this man is a hero".

When you are so good even the enemy respects you.

When they do this song live they bring out a Hammond organ that looks like his tri-plane and the propeller spins when you play.

"When you see the enemy plane going down stop firing, we are not butchers, we are gentlemen of the skies" - The Red Baron WHen he was shot down he was given a burial by the enemy with full honors. one laying a wreath at his grave saying "To our gallant and worthy foe"

dude was instucting his flight by hand signals.

Welcome back! Great reaction, any of these collabs with yarn hub are always very cool, and like you said they tell the story so you don't have to research it lol 😅 I believe the line about horseback to the sky is referencing his service prior to aviation was in cavalry - going off memory and too lazy to look it up so don't quote me. As you mentioned it has a bit of a different sound for Sabaton. My guess is that the organ (the Hammond organ in the song not the pipe organ in the intro) and swing feel is meant to evoke some sort of ragtime/early jazz idea and loosely inspired by a waltz or something. Just a hunch.

Snoopy was a WW1 vet would be fighting aginst the Red Baron lol later in some comic strips snoopy would make refences to Bill Mauldin's and his WW2 Wille & Joe comic's, also Jasta 11 became known as "The Flying Circus" cause they did paint their plans in all kinds of colors

Nice to see you back! It is a very well made video, had seen the lyric video before. I always liked the fact that they buried him with full honor.

You're back! Get well soon! Great reaction. 🤘🏻

You know, you did something right, when your enemy gives you a state funeral with all military honors..... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mWXC1_Fbvz8.html “- Achilles: You're still my enemy in the morning!!!" - Priam: You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect.”

The Red Baron was a German fighter pilot during WW1 who is widely considered one of the greatest aces of all time

I guess Richthoven painted his aeroplane red because some rude journalist accused him to hide behind his men. Richthoven proved him being wrong.

My great grandfather was at the Somme his original Unit was cavalry regiment but for whatever reason he ended up in the Manchester regiment and on the first day after the bombardment that unit and others stormed ahead but was cut to pieces if I remember correctly over 20,000 British killed or wounded the first day he was wounded lost his left eye and sent back home myself when I enlisted in the army I wanted to be a gunner or better yet a crewman which I became in the challenger 2 our motto hasn't changed and neither has the our insignia which is a picture of a tank the first tank in fact Big Willie fear Naugh is our motto being able to join the same regiment as my great grandfather is a true honour to me because they replaced horses with tanks so

So glad you’re back! Sorry you got ‘Rona. Hope you aren’t feeling too awful.

Great One! Saw that video here first :D Nice that you are back

You need to watch the movie "red baron" but make sure it is the uncut version, you lose a lot in the cut version

Awesome reaction. Another of their animated videos is The Lady of the Dark - such an amazing warrior and as a lad :y it brings me a sense o) f pride.

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

Nice to see you back!

snoopy didn't pretend to be the red baron in the animation it says that snoopy is flying his sopwith camel which is a British plane that that the red baron didn't fly he was German, and he flew the fokker dr.1 tri plane.

I mean he is the most known pilot of all time, I don't want to be that guy, but is not a "we can't know about everything" info, is pretty much like not knowing about the Habsburg dynasty, winged hussars, you ppl get the point, salute to everybody, sick video and song

Could you please react to the following Sabaton songs? 1. Steel Commanders (tank warfare) 2. Screaming Eagles (101st Airborne Division and the battle of the Bulge) 3. Got mit Uns (Battle of Breitenfeld)

You dare make fun of the brarve

DUDE! Snoopy fought the Red Baron... flying his imaginary Sopwith Camel courageously atop his pointy-roofed dog house. Ouch.

Snoopy fought the "Bloody Red Baron." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wtJ1Gnh9wPU.html The fighter group of the red baron was called "The Flying Circus"

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